From the beginning, we knew that we were going to have to help millions of Canadians who we were asking to stop working and to stay home because of COVID-19. That's why we moved very quickly with the Canada emergency response benefit that would be an income replacement for people who lost their paycheques. The first and biggest challenge was to make sure the people who were counting on a paycheque to come in—to help them pay their rent and pay for groceries—and who were relying on that paycheque, which suddenly disappeared, would get the support they needed. That's why we moved quickly on that.
We knew that targeted measures were the best way to help people, including the most vulnerable. It was not going to be worthwhile to send cheques to people who continue to make salaries and who have paycheques coming in and don't need the help. We much preferred to focus on those people who needed help.